Hot Seat Rankings: The Circus is officially in Gainesville

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1. Billy Napier - Florida (1-2) (Last week: 2)

Here's a scenario that plays out every few years at a big-time program in college football: They're obviously about to fire their coach, the fans are out for blood about firing the coach, but the program draws out the circus for as long as possible before actually doing it.

That's what's happening right now at Florida with Billy Napier:

We're not even in the last week of September yet, and these are the exchanges Napier's having at his Monday pressers:

Florida's administration can try to drag this out for as long as they want, but the on-field results are eventually going to force their hand. Losing to a Mississippi State team who just got blasted by Toledo would do exactly that.

2. Sam Pittman - Arkansas (2-1) (Last week:1)

Arkansas followed up their brutal double-overtime loss at Oklahoma State by barely beating a UAB team who lost 32-6 to Louisiana-Monroe last week. The Hogs trailed 17-3 at one point, and needed a touchdown with just under four minutes left to squeak away with a 37-27 win.

Meanwhile, Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek says that he definitely didn't force Sam Pittman to hire past (and future) Arkansas Head Coach Bobby Petrino as his Offensive Coordinator:

For sure.

Anyway, here's the rest of Arkansas' schedule:

3. Stan Drayton - Temple (0-3) (Last week: 4)

Temple fell to 0-3 after losing 28-20 to Coastal Carolina. Here's one play to show you where they're at right now: